At Currey Ingram Academy we settle for nothing less than being a global leader for students with learning differences. By promoting strengths and supporting differences, our students receive the education they truly deserve.
Our Admissions team is here to guide you through the application process, from scheduling an in-person campus visit to completing the admission process.
At Currey Ingram Academy, we understand that students learn differently, so we must teach differently. Our teachers use evidence-based instructional practices and multi-sensory approaches to address each student’s learning profile.
Open to students in grades 9-12, Residential Life at Currey Ingram Academy continues the mission of the day school program by providing extended academic support while building independence and promoting responsibility.
Located on a beautiful 83-acre campus, Currey Ingram students participate in a wide-range of outdoor experiences, afterschool activities, athletics, arts and rich traditions such as our Henderson House program that they look forward to all year long.
Mustang Athletics is an educational-based athletics program that provides a competitive and safe environment. Offering both individual and team sports to students in grades K-12, all students are encouraged to participate.
It is through the philanthropy of our donors that Currey Ingram is able to provide life-changing, personalized instruction to support students with learning differences. From the Annual Fund to planned giving, our Community Engagement team is is here to help guide you through the process.
Currey Ingram Academy's community initiatives provide a broad range of learning opportunities that reflect the needs and interests of the community while strengthening the community's understanding of learning differences.
What are some of the evidence-based practices used at Currey Ingram? Below are some of these practices:
School-wide positive behavioral supports.
Orton-Gillingham approaches to teaching students with dyslexia.
Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for writing instruction (grades 2 - 10).
Explicit, direct instruction that is delivered in a systematic manner.
Phonological Awareness training for lower-grade students.
Repeated reading (grades 5 - 12).
Spelling mastery (grades 2 - 4).
Remediation feedback (non-evaluative, supportive, timely, specific, credible, infrequent, and genuine that then gives time for student to fix the error).
Concept mapping.
Providing exemplars (what success will look like).
Advanced organizers (giving summary of material in advance, bridging between previous knowledge and what is to be learned).
Simulations and games to engage students.
Homework for Upper School Students (highest effect sizes for social sciences and sciences; lowest effect sizes in math).
Direct instruction that involves active learning.
Combining direct instruction with strategy instruction.
Developing challenging but achievable goals for students.
Reciprocal teaching (Students take turns with teacher and lead discussion).
Students giving feedback on teacher performance and how much they learned (US students evaluate their teachers).
Students reporting of their level of achievement (students in 7-12 report their progress in a student-led conference).
Currey Ingram Academy is an exemplary PreK-12 day and boarding school that empowers students with learning differences to achieve their fullest potential. Since 2002, the school has been located on an 83-acre campus in Brentwood, Tennessee, just miles from Nashville and Franklin. Families from 33 states and eight countries cite the school as their primary reason for moving to Middle Tennessee.
Currey Ingram Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and AdvancEd/Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI).